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FRANKFORT — Police found Joseph Francis lying naked in a muddy field in Clinton County early Friday after an hour-long pursuit, according to Indiana State Police.

He was jailed in Frankfort on several preliminary charges, including resisting law enforcement, driving while intoxicated endangering others, reckless driving and criminal recklessness. He also was cited for violating the county's travel advisory, imposed during Gov. Eric Holcomb's stay-at-home orders and that restrict all but travel deemed essential by the state during the coronavirus pandemic.

Police received a report about 1:10 a.m. Friday of a car northbound on Interstate 65 approaching the Indiana 28/Frankfort exit. The car didn't have on its headlights and swerved between lanes while traveling only 40 mph, according to police.

Police caught up to the silver Honda that Joseph is suspected of driving about the time it exited the interstate at Indiana 28, according to Indiana State Police. It blew through the stop sign on the exit ramp and started heading east and nearly drove head on into a westbound semi, according to police.

The trooper stopped the car, but it sped off as the officer was getting out of his patrol car, according to police.

That started a chase through parts of Clinton and Tippecanoe counties. It ended when the car drove into a Clinton County field and became bogged down in mud, police said.

The driver of the car ran away, but the person lost a shoe when it got stuck in the mud, police said.

A Boone County sheriff's deputy and his police dog arrived about 2:20 a.m., and found Joseph, 26, from Chicago, lying in the mud a short distance from the car. He was naked and his clothes were found nearby, police said.

Joseph didn't tell police why he took off his clothes, according to Indiana State Police.

Reach Ron Wilkins at 765-420-5231 or at rwilkins@jconline.com. Follow on Twitter: @RonWilkins2.